Today we are going to examine 9 verbal suffixes. When we attach a verbal suffix, it changes the meaning of the verb.
In my demonstration sentence (ni yayna sle-a) we will see the changes that occur.
ni yayna sle-at. I can see the mountain.
ni yayna slewapka. I will see the mountain.
ni yayna sle-opka. I want to see the mountain.
ni yayna sle-atki. I should see the mountain.
yayna sle-ok, ni cis gena. Because of seeing the mountain, I went home.
yayna sle-ota, ni cis gena. While seeing the mountain, I went home.
yayna sle-ank, ni cis gena. After seeing the mountain, I went home.
ni yayna sle-ayega. I began to see the mountain.
ni yayna sle-atampka. I began to see the mountain.
This last form is one of the few differences between Modoc and Klamath. A Modoc speaker would use -tampka to express the same idea of -yega in Klamath.
